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Peter Maverick {15 months}

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Stats

  • Size 4 diapers

  • 9-18 month clothing

  • 23.0 pounds (54%) & 31.0 inches (42%)

Notable events

  • We left him (and our girls) with Grandma and Grandpa for 5 days so Russ and I could have a getaway trip! He did fine there, but it definitely triggered a bit of separation anxiety. Nothing major though.

  • We went on an extended family trip to Lake Tahoe and his cousins fawned all over him. He did well despite any schedule changes, and reminded me that kids (at least some of them!) really can go with the flow if the occasion calls for it.

  • We’ve been going to the creek after dinner a lot lately, and we let him explore pretty freely. It’s SO fun to see him test his limits, be a little risky, but ultimately keep himself safe. He plays right at the water’s edge and loves throwing rocks in there.

Tricks/Milestones

  • He’ll turn off lights now (with someone holding him high enough to do so).

  • At 13 months exactly, he started crawling DOWN stairs.

  • He has 7 teeth (4 on top, 3 on bottom).

  • Started taking steps on our Tahoe trip, and now, two weeks later, he’s practically a full-time walker!

  • Points his finger.

  • Says “buh bye,” “ba[ll],” “uh oh,” “hi,” “hello,” and “Ada.” Previously he was saying “mama” and “dada,” so his total is somewhere around 8-10 words.

Favorite things

  • He started giving big, slobbery kisses 😍

  • He lays his head down on pillows, balloons, kind of whatever, and he just like cozies up to it and it’s so cute!

  • He snuggles during his sleep song 😍

Random tidbits

  • He has entered his “rag doll resistance” phase.

  • I’ve been experimenting with putting things back down at low levels (things like decor and garbage cans). Some things are going well, most are not 🤣

Sleep

He dropped to one nap right around 14 months. Which is CRAZY, since both my girls took two naps until at least 18 months! But it was definitely a needed change for him, given all the annoying hoops I was having to jump through to maintain two naps.

  • His schedule looks like:

    • 6:30/7am awake

    • 7:30am out of crib

    • 12:30-2:45/3pm nap

    • 7:30pm down

    • 8pm asleep

  • What I’m shooting for is 7:30am/12:30pm/7:30pm, but I might not be able to get it. He WAS sleeping in previously, but now he usually wakes before 7am, and it’s really difficult to get him down for a nap before 12:30pm most of the time. But kids are resilient and he does okay whether I put him down at noon, 1:30pm, or anything in between. (He even did pretty well the day he only got a 20-min nap at 4pm on our Tahoe trip 😅)

  • I leave him in bed until 7:30 in the morning despite the fact that he wakes up earlier, and I put him to bed at 7:30 in the evening despite the fact that it takes him 25-30 minutes to fall asleep, because he’s content on both sides and it’s helpful for me 🤷🏼‍♀️

  • He does great for his nap. Falls asleep quickly and easily. He usually sleeps 2+ hours. He doesn’t typically sleep as much as 2.5 hours, but occasionally he does [My general recommendations are to allow for up to 3 hours for a single nap until age 2.]

  • His schedule in waketimes is approximately 5.5 / 4.5. His sleep works out to be about 2.5 daytime hours, 11 nighttime hours, and 13.5 hours total. This is the same amount (maybe 15 minutes less) that he got on two naps at 12 months, but the different configuration (one nap) is just so much better 🙌🏻🙌🏻